Snapchat — Which Has Grown Its Team 5X In 8 Months — Poaches Executives From Google And Facebook

Snapchat, which has grown from 30 employees to ~150 in the past
eight months, has poached a Googler.

London-based Jill Hazelbaker will join Snapchat in mid-October as
its new head of PR and policy,
Re/code reports. She was formerly senior director of
communications and government relations at Google. She also
worked on Michael Bloomberg's campaign for New York City mayor.

In August, Snapchat brought on Sara Sperling, who led Diversity
and Inclusion at Facebook; she is Snapchat's new head of human
resources.

Last October, the LA-based disappearing photo startup had
just 21
employees.